Kirkham McEwen, for wife, was a fortunate drawer of land located in Lee County, Captain Maddux's District. (Number 12, District 13). Kirkham was a resident of Gwinnett County at the time of the drawing.

Kirkham McEwen, age 48, millwright, value of real estate $650, born in Georgia
Mary Ann McEwen, age 48, born in Georgia, cannot read and write
George W. McEwen, age 21, born in Georgia, in school
Francis M. McEwen, age 19, born in Georgia, in school
Almeda McEwen, age 18, born in Georgia, in school
Minerva McEwen, age 15, born in Georgia, in school
Virginia McEwen, age 13, born in Alabama, in school
Robert McEwen, age 7, born in Alabama, in school

From Memorial Record of Alabama:
George W. McEwen, planter and miller, of Rockford, Ala., is a son of Kirkham and Mary (Kanada) McEwen. The McEwen family is of Scotch-Irish extraction, the great-grandfather of George W. McEwen having emigrated from Scotland before the Revolutionary War, in which he took part as a private soldier. He settled in North Carolina. Robert McEwen, the father of Kirkham, and his brother James, were the only children. James went to Tennessee and lived there, as do his descendants, but Robert removed to Georgia when a young man, and settled in Newton county. Here he married and reared his family, Kirkham among the rest. The family afterward removed to Gwinnett county, where Robert McEwen and his wife died.
In Gwinnett county, Kirkham McEwen grew to manhood and married. Several of his children were born in this county. He then removed to Meriwether county, where he lived two years, and he removed thence to Alabama, in 1836. He settled on the Tallapoosa River, in the county of that name, about fourteen miles south of Dadeville. In 1844, he moved to Coosa County, and in 1855, his parents moved to Calhoun county, Miss., where they both died, the father in 1866 and the mother in 1889. He was a mechanic, as were nearly all the McEwens, both before and after him. He was a justice of the peace for years while he lived in Alabama, and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Of his twelve children, six are now living: George W., was born October 22, 1828 in Gwinnett county, Ga., and for several years of his life followed farming. During the later years of his life he has mainly followed milling. In 1860, he located three and a half miles north of Rockford, on Hatchet creek, where he built a mill, which has since been in operation. He also owns a plantation of six hundred acres. He was married in 1849, December 29th, in Coosa county, Ala., to Mary C. Sears, by whom he has nine children, viz: Martha A., wife of S.M. Adams, of Coosa county; J.K. of Rockford; W.P., George W., Jr., and J.T., all three of Coosa county; Emma J., wife of J.A. Miller of Coosa county; Mary S., wife of T.J. King, of Greenhill, Ark.; Arsular, wife of John Dobson, of Coosa county, and Archie A., at home.
Mr. McEwen enlisted as a private soldier in company C, Fifty-third Alabama cavalry, and was soon afterward elected second lieutenant, and was afterward promoted to first lieutenant. He served mostly in the western army. He was wounded in the Atlanta campaign, having a finger of his left hand carried away.
Politically, Mr. McEwen is a democrat. He is a royal arch mason, and is treasurer of the blue lodge. He was worshipful master for some years. He has been a Methodist and a steward of his church for twenty years.